College basketball has had more of an influx of transfers in recent seasons, and we can expect the possibility of more of the same in the coming year after the NCAA decided not to act on a proposal that would require athletes to sit out a full year for all circumstances with the exception of graduate transfers, USA Today reported.

"We felt we had all the information and were in a good position, but certainly there are a lot of things going on with Division I issues right now, so it's not surprising at all with something so high-profile that more of the membership would want more time to take a look at it," America East commissioner Amy Huchthausen, who’s also the transfer issue subcommittee chair, told USA Today. "On the one hand, the number of student-athletes requesting waivers is not overly significant. … But it's still a big issue, and it's started to impact the culture of men's basketball, and that is significant."

Because of the appearance of inconsistent rulings among cases in the past (the Kerwin Okoro ruling comes to mind, considering the NCAA initially deemed him ineligible before it relented) the proposal was discussed at the NCAA Convention in San Diego.

So, as college basketball tries to stem the flow of transfers, only part of the problem would be addressed by this proposal.

One could argue that allowing graduate transfers the freedom to leave as they wish as a fair thing to do, considering the NCAA's true goal (beyond making a boatload of money) is the education of students. Players who have their academics in order enough to graduate early perhaps should be given the right to pursue better academic and athletic opportunities as a reward for earning a degree.

USA Today notes that this proposal didn't get acted on because there was some concern of the rigidity of the plan. Indeed, it's hard to have a one-size-fits-all policy when every player's circumstance can be different.

But the inaction means that we'll continue to see a fair number of college basketball transfers, and the chance that the granting of those transfers could look inconsistent.